Corn-harvester.



No. 744,571. PATENTBD' Nov. 17, 1903.

J. F. LEEPER.

CORN HARVESTER. APPLICATION FILED 11 3.20, 1903. no MODEL. '2sums-salami.

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Patented November 17, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN F. LEEPER, OF ALTON, ILLINOIS.

CORN-HARVESTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 74%,571, dated November17, 1903 Applicat on filed April 20. 1909 To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN F. LEEPER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Alton, in

position showing the position of the cradle when dumping. Fig. 4 is avertical enlarged sectional detail on line 4 4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is avertical transverse section on the broken line 5 5 of Fig. 4; and Fig. 6is an enlarged transverse section of the dumping-cradle, the sectionbeing taken on line 6 6 of Fig. 1.

The present machine is an improvement on the harvester shown anddescribed in'my United States Letters Patent No. 712,557,

dated November i, 1902, and while possessing the several advantagesinherent in the patented construction the present device is materiallysimplified, is more effective, more con veniently dumped, and positivein action, all as will more fully appear from a detailed descriptionthereof, which is as follows:

Referring to the drawings, A represents a platform mounted on runners B,adapted to Y be drawn between two adjacent rows of corn.

At the forward end the same is provided with a chain C, to which thedraft-animals are at tached. Disposed along one edge of the platform Aand extending a suitable distance above it is a frame composed of anupper member 1, inclined to the longitudinal axis of the harvester and.of the bracket 2 and post 3, by which the member 1 is supported.Mounted pivotally in bearings 4 4, disposed along the oppositelongitudinal edge of the platform, is a dumping-cradle composed of thetubular member 5, (directly mounted in said bearings,) an oppositeinclined member 6, and the connecting-framework of concave bows 7 7 andconnecting-bars 8 8, the former being Fig. 2 is a side elevation SerialNo. 153.524. (No model.)

forked at one end to embrace the tubular or rocking m mber 5, theconnection between the forked ends and the walls of the tube beingeffected by pins 9. The member 6 is adapted to rest directly on themember 1 of the cradlesupporting frame, the cradle in the present,instancebeing'concave and converging rearwardly, as in my patentreferred to. Like in my patented construction the present maactuate thesegment 10, thus swinging the eradle about the member 5 as an axisanddumping the contents thereof, as best seen by dotted position of theparts in Fig. 3.

Disposed in one plane are the diverging stationary blades 14 15, thelatter being secured directly to the platform A and the former beingcarried by the forward end of the cradle-supporting frame at the base ofthe outer end of the bracket 2, which forms part of said frame. Adaptedto reciprocate transversely across the stationary blades 14 15 andmounted in a plane directly above said blades is the traveling blade 16.V The latter is mounted on a bar 17, which reciprocates transversely tothe direction of travel of' the harvester, the bar being protectedby acasing 18 on top of the platform and guided in bearings 18 18, as bestseen in Figs. 1, 5, the inner end of the bar being pivotally coupled tothe adjacent end of a connecting-rod 19, which in turn is actuated froma crank-shaft 20,

mounted in brackets 21 at the bottom of the platform. The forward end ofthe crankshaft carries a bevel-pinion'22, which meshes with the bevelgear-wheel 23, formed with or carried by one of the front pair ofrunning wheels WV, with which the machine is provided. The travel of thewheels W, it is obvious, will impart rotation to the crank-shaft, andthe latter will reciprocate the bar 17 and knife or blade 16, carried byit.

a movable or reciprocating blade the stalks By having are positively outeven where the blades may have become dull. In this respect the presentarrangement is an improvement on the patented construction referred to.

In particulars to which no special allusion has been made in the presentdescription the improved machine does not materially differ from thoseshown in my former patent. Thus the gathering-hooks 24 24 aresubstantially the same as the corresponding parts 15 15 of my patent.

I do not of course Wish to be limited to the precise details here shown,as they may in a measure be departed from without affecting the natureor spirit of my invention.

Unlike the patented construction referred to, in which the cradle iswholly supported on a special frame, the cradle in the present case ispivotally carried in bearings supported on the platform and only thefree end of the eradle is supported on the member 1 of the frame 1 2 3.This arrangement constitutes a material simplification over the patenteddevice.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a harvester, acradle comprising a tubular rocking member, a second member inclinedthereto, bows disposed transversely across the cradle and connecting theaforesaid members, said bows being forked at one end and spanning theperipheral walls of the tubular member, and means for rotating saidrocking member from the front of the machine, substantially as setforth.

2. In a harvester, a cradle comprising a tubular rocking member, asecond member inclined thereto, bows disposed transversely across thecradle and connecting the aforesaid members, longitudinal barsOOHDGCbll'Jf); the hows, the latter being forked at one end and spanningthe peripheral wall of the tubular member, and pins located within thetubular member and connecting the forked ends of the bows to-thetube,substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN F. LEEPER. lVitnesses:

EMIL STAREK, G. L. BELFRY.

